A Province with the Most Natural World Heritage Sites in China
Guizhou boasts unique karst and Danxia landforms as well as diversified natural landscapes. As of the end of 2020, Fanjing Mountain, Libo Karst, Shibing Karst, and Chishui Danxia had all been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Guizhou has more Natural World Heritage Sites than any other Chinese provinces.
The Fanjing Mountain is known as the "City of the Sky" because of the flourishing of Buddhism and the complex of temples on the mountain. The four wonders of the mountain are cloud waterfalls, mist, mirage and Buddha light. The signature attractions here include the Red Clouds Golden Summit, the Ten-Thousand-Meter Sleeping Buddha, and the Mushroom Rock. Compared with the world's other mountains in the same latitude zone, the Fanjing Mountain features the best-preserved animals and plants, and has been listed as a national nature reserve of China. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018.
Libo is located in the southern borderland of Guizhou, known as "an emerald on the waist belt of the earth". The name Libo comes from the Bouyei language, meaning beautiful hillside. Walking into Libo, you would feel like having an encounter with a visual feast. Your eyes would be pleased by one breathtaking sight after another, such as the Wolong Pond where water cascades downward in a beautiful arc and the Laya Waterfall amid verdant mountains.
The Yuntai Mountain is 13 kilometers north of Shibing County in Qiandongnan Prefecture. It stands out like a piece of green agate in its latitude zone. Like a giant bonsai, it is the oldest and best-preserved dolomite karst landform in the world, which is extremely rare and highly valuable for scientific research. The world's natural heritage experts have acclaimed it as "the world's most beautiful dolomite karst". In 2014, the Yuntai Mountain was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List for its uniqueness and typicality, as well as "extraordinary natural phenomena and exceptional natural aesthetic value".
Chishui Danxia boasts the largest Danxia landform area, with the most uniform rock exposure and the most iconic features. The highlight of the tourist area, a gigantic sheer cliff named Foguang Rock, is hailed as the greatest specimen of a Danxia landform in the world. When the afternoon sunlight hits it, it seems to glow like fire. In its midst is a waterfall that is 42 meters across and plunges for 269 meters, easily reminding people of the image of an elegant white dragon. The deep red cliff and white waterfall set each other off beautifully, exuding a strong sense of vitality.
中国世界自然遗产数量最多的省
贵州拥有奇特的喀斯特地貌、丹霞地貌和多元化的生态环境,截至2020年年末,已有梵净山、荔波喀斯特、施秉喀斯特、赤水丹霞等处入选世界自然遗产地,数量居全国第一。
梵净山被称为“天空之城”,因该山佛教兴盛,寺刹林立,故得名“梵天净土”。山脉之间云雾缭绕,云瀑、禅雾、幻影、佛光是梵净山的四大天象奇观。其标志性景点有红云金顶、万米睡佛、蘑菇石等。这里还是世界同纬度地带动植物生态保存最完好的地区,被列为国家级自然保护区,2018年入选世界自然遗产名录。
荔波地处黔南边陲,被誉为“地球腰带上的绿宝石”。“荔波”一词来自布依族语,意思是美丽的山坡。走进荔波,就如同走入了一场视觉的盛宴,令人目不暇接,卧龙潭划出优美的弧线,拉雅瀑布青翠幽幽,犹如思绪轻轻漫溢。
云台山在黔东南州施秉县北部13千米处,是地球同纬度上一颗绿色玛瑙。它犹如一个巨大的盆景,是世界上最古老、保存最完整的白云岩喀斯特地貌,全球极为罕见,极具科考价值,世界自然遗产专家惊叹为“世界上最美的白云岩喀斯特”。2014年,云台山以其独特性、典型性、唯一性,以及“超乎寻常的自然现象和非同寻常的自然美学价值”,被联合国教科文组织列入世界自然遗产名录。
赤水丹霞旅游区是中国丹霞地貌面积最大,出露最齐,特色最典型的景点。核心景区佛光岩有“世界丹霞之冠”之称,是一座垂直壁立的巨大丹霞绝壁,在午后阳光照射下丹霞似火,中间有一条高269米宽42米的柱状大瀑布,犹如飞身而下的白龙,飘逸俊秀。血红的岩壁与雪白的瀑水相映成趣,赋予赤壁灵动的活力。
